Institutional Quality, Economic Misery and Crime Rate in Nigeria

Ajide, Folorunsho M.

doi:10.2478/eb-2019-0012

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“…The coefficient of unemployment rate is positive and significant. This supports the extant evidences on crime-unemployment nexus (Khan et al, 2015;Ajide, 2019). On diagnostic indicators, Jarque-Bera test shows that our data pass normality assumption.…”

Section: Crime Control In Nigeriasupporting

confidence: 91%

“…Khan et al (2015) and Haddad and Moghadam (2011) show that unemployment positively correlates with crime rate and literacy rate has a negative impact on crime rate. In addition, studies show that unemployment situation, inflation and economic and governance institutions influence crime rate especially in developing countries (Ajide, 2019). Iyer and Topalova (2014) empirically prove that income changes have positive impact on crime.…”

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“…In 2005, the number of robbery increases from 5,210 to 10,771 in year 2006 and steadily increases to 16,312 in 2011. This figure increases by 45% in less than five years to approximately 23,652 (Igbinedion and Ebomoyi, 2017;Ajide, 2019;Oyelade, 2019). Therefore, an in-depth understanding of the interactions between remittance receipt and crime rate is a necessary preliminary step towards resolving the problem of high level of crime rate in Nigeria which could serve as a policy guide in achieving inclusive growth and development in the long-run.…”

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Crime control in Nigeria: how relevant is remittance inflow?

Ajide

2020

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Purpose This paper aims to draw on extant literature to ascertain the relevance of remittance receipts in improving the level of crime control in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The study uses time series data spanning for a period of 1986–2017. It adopts dynamic ordinary least square (DOLS), vector auto regression impulse response function, variance decomposition and Toda and Yamamoto causality approach to analyse the data. Findings The following findings are established: DOLS shows that remittance receipt has negative and significant impact on crime rate in Nigeria. The impulse response function indicates that a positive shock to the remittance inflows reduces the level of crime in Nigeria. Moreover, a positive shock to the crime rate decreases the remittance. This implies that both variables respond to each other. Toda and Yamamoto causality approach shows that there is unidirectional causality moving from remittance inflow to criminal activities in Nigeria. These results persist after considering other institutional variables. These findings support the previous evidences on remittances-crime nexus and as well support the opportunity cost theory of crime. Originality/value Apart from being the first study in African region that evaluates the relevance of remittances in crime control, it also analyses the dynamics between crime rate and remittance receipts using time series econometrics which makes the study to be unique. The study shows that remittances can be used as part of toolkits for controlling criminal activities in Nigeria.

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“…These results invite serious questions regarding the performance of political leadership during the democratic governments in Pakistan. Meanwhile, the literature exhibits that institutional quality is one of the key factors in reducing the crime rate (Ajide, 2019; Majeed, 2019). This implicitly strengthens that institutional stability performed better during the dictators' era than quasi‐democracy.…”

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Approximation of crime, poverty, and misery index across quasi‐democratic and dictatorship regimes in Pakistan: Static and dynamic analysis

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Poverty & Public Policy

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The study explores the nexus of crime rate, misery indices, and poverty in Pakistan for longer and shorter periods by using time series data (1965–2018). Granger causality and autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approaches have been used to examine the long run and short run associations. Results indicate that all variables cause the crime rate unidirectionally, while the ARDL model states that misery index, poverty, and crime rate are cointegrated. Interestingly, any change in the poverty and misery index during the long run makes people violent, which ultimately fosters the crime rate. Finally, the error correction mechanism demonstrates the quick adjustment process and about 72% and 68% disequilibrium in crime rate from its equilibrium path is corrected every year. It is evident through the study results that democratic governments have been less effective than dictatorships to address the socioeconomic aspects of human life; rather functioning as a government of the people, by the people and for the people.

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“…They hint that increasing the level of productivity growth and development has become the major challenge of most countries in Africa. In this case, crime can be identified as one of the forces limiting the growth and development potential of the continent (Ajide, 2019(Ajide, , 2020.…”

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(A) Symmetric impacts of crime rate on total factor productivity: evidence from Nigeria

Ajide¹

2021

IJSE

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PurposeIn this study, an investigation into the asymmetric impacts of crime rate on total factor productivity (TFP) in Nigeria is conducted.Design/methodology/approachThe study employs linear and non-linear autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) modelling techniques to analyse Nigerian data spanning over a period of 1986–2017. In addition, Granger causality tests are conducted under error correction technique.FindingsThe study establishes that crime rate has a significant impact on TFP in the short and long run. In addition, the positive component of crime rate has positive impacts on TFP in the short run while the negative shocks have negative impacts on TFP. However, in the long run, both positive and negative components have negative impacts on TFP in Nigeria.Originality/valueThis study is the first to analyse the asymmetric impact of crime rate on TFP. The study also advances the literature by examining the symmetric impact of crime rate on TFP in an African country (Nigeria) where crime-related activities are rampant. The study is one of the few studies that shed light on nonlinearities in criminal behaviour.

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Institutional Quality, Economic Misery and Crime Rate in Nigeria

Cited by 14 publications

References 36 publications

Crime control in Nigeria: how relevant is remittance inflow?

Crime control in Nigeria: how relevant is remittance inflow?

Approximation of crime, poverty, and misery index across quasi‐democratic and dictatorship regimes in Pakistan: Static and dynamic analysis

(A) Symmetric impacts of crime rate on total factor productivity: evidence from Nigeria

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